Church of St Mary the Virgin, Hawkwell (EHER 35102)

14th century parish church with 15th century bell tower and 19th century restorations. It is of stone rubble with red tiled roofs, the bell turret is weatherboarded and it has a shingle spire. Plan of chancel, nave, north west vestry, bell turret and south porch.

July 1959. Grade II* listed. A 14th century church with 15th century alterations and bell turret, and 19th century restorations. The church is built from stone rubble and has red plain tiled roofs. The bell turret is weatherboarded with a shingle spire. The building comprises Chancel, Nave, north-west vestry, bell turret and south porch. <1> <2> See photos <3>. Ragstone and flint construction. Built 14th-15th century with 19th century restoration. The nave and chancel were built in the 14th century, the chancel altered in the 15th century. The bell turret is of the same period. <4> <5> 14th-15th century church restored in the 19th century when the north vestry and south porch were added. <4> - <7> 1995. Building recording. Building recording was undertaken during the construction of an extension to the north of the church. A length of ragstone footings recorded during underpinning of the north wall of the nave and following a slightly different alignment to it, may represent the north wall of a Late Saxon church, laid out to a different ground-plan. The 14th century saw the construction of a simple two-celled church comprising a nave and chancel. The ragstone north wall of the 14th century building, which included the remains of the original 14th century doorway, was recorded by means of rectified photography. The present chancel was altered in the 15th century with the reglazing of its windows and the addition of a new chancel arch. A square headed window with quatrefoil lights was also inserted into the nave wall in this period and the upper courses of the nave wall rebuilt. <8> NRHE data transfer: St Mary's Church [NAT]. <9> See also <10>.